House speaker candidate campaigning like it’s 2013

Rep. Bryan Hughes, a Mineola Republican who plans to challenge House Speaker Joe Straus for the chamber’s top job, has a booth at the state convention with campaign handouts for the race, and his supporters are urging his stickers on folks around the exhibit hall.

Straus? No booth. But he spoke to the Texas Republican County Chairman Association Luncheon Thursday and will address the entire convention on Friday. Some are speculating that there could be a walkout from the very conservative element in attendance, some of whom are circulating “oust Straus” stickers.

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Straus has withstood challenges before. The Texas House will vote on a speaker in 2013.